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12.12.2025
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING
Provisional ELVR deal sets 15% recycled content target after six years / Closed-loop share fixed at 20%
20.11.2025
EU POLICY
Council adopts last of Omnibus Package / Simplification of rules for business / Threshold for sustainability reporting raised
10.11.2025
EU POLICY
Climate rules agreed on before COP30 / Emissions cuts now in percentages / Concessions for countries still lagging / California governor to make appearance in Brazil
01.10.2025
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Council of the EU passes pellet regulation to reduce microplastics contamination
02.09.2025
TRADE WAR
EU to impose zero tariffs on US industrial goods including chemicals, plastics products / US to impose 50% tariffs on plastics industry equipment
25.07.2025
EU POLICY
Commission presents new seven-year budget / Council, Parliament oppose taxation plans
10.07.2025
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING
EU Parliament, Council plan significantly lower minimum recyclate quotas for new vehicles / Will ELV Directive come into force by mid-2026?
27.06.2025
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING
EU member states endorse slower ramp-up for plastics reclaim targets in ELVR / Plastics Europe supports faster timeline / FEAD, EuRIC urge EU to preserve ambitions
16.04.2025
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
EU Parliament, Council provisionally agree on pellet loss regulations / “Building on plastics industry's work”
24.01.2025
EUROPEAN PACKAGING REGULATION
PPWR published in official journal of the European Union / Unresolved questions surrounding reusable transport packaging
17.12.2024
PACKAGING EUROPE
Council of the EU formally adopts PPWR / Regulation to be applied 18 months after date of entry into force
28.11.2024
PACKAGING EUROPE
PPWR corrigendum officially approved by MEPs / Regulation expected to enter into force at start of 2025
25.10.2024
COP29
EU Parliament, Council formulate goals for climate conference / Tough negotiations expected / Financing to be thorny issue
14.10.2024
AUTOMOTIVE PLASTICS
Recycling targets for ELVs should get green light / Certification of recycled content necessary for level playing field – EuRIC
09.05.2024
PPWR
“Nobody knows how goods are supposed to be transported in Europe in the future” – IK criticises EU packaging regulation
30.04.2024
ENERGY
European reforms approved by parliament / Rules aim to improve price stability, enable transition to sustainable power sources
26.04.2024
EU PACKAGING
Parliament adopts updated PPWR / Rules “require practical implementation” – Plastics Europe MD
11.04.2024
PLASTICS WASTE
UK firm fined EUR 1 mn for illegal waste shipment / Italy seizes 82.5 t mixed waste headed for Africa
04.04.2024
PLASTICS WASTE
New waste-shipment rules get thumbs up from Council of the EU / Adoption confirms ban on plastics exports to non-OECD countries
14.03.2024
PLASTICS WASTE
European Parliament votes for stricter rules / Ban on exports / Trade bodies voice concern on recycling repercussions
12.03.2024
EU PACKAGING
European legislators agree on PPWR rules / Bans and reuse, recycling targets / EUBP largely positive but NGO ZWE still has concerns
27.02.2024
EU PACKAGING
Germany-Italy ‘deal' could scupper EU's packaging waste rules / Legal assessment adds to debate about proposed regulations
03.08.2011
GLASS FIBRE IMPORTS
European Commission launches investigation into Chinese woven and stitched glass fibre fabric imports
22.03.2011
GLASS FIBRE PRODUCTS
EU confirms 13.8% anti-dumping tariff on Chinese imports / EUCIA is not satisfied
28.01.2011
GLASS FIBRE IMPORTS
Anti-dumping duty on imports from China to be slashed to 13.8% / EuCIA to continue to work against “harmful” tariffs / Further review called for by EuPC president
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